Land Adjacent to 1 Sedcote Road, ENFIELD, EN3 4RQ

to build a single-storey residential dwelling with 1 bedroom for up to 2 people

Authority: London Borough of Enfield
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Billings C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed dwelling would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants, with regard to means of access to it

What decided it

The absence of substantive evidence demonstrating legal rights of access over the land between the appeal site and public highway, combined with uncertainty about the impact on existing shared driveway arrangements, means the proposed dwelling cannot provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants in terms of means of access.

Plan policies cited: Policy D4, Policy D5, Policy D6, Policy D12, Core Policy 4, Core Policy 25, Core Policy 30, Policy DMD 8, Policy DMD 9, Policy DMD 45, Policy DMD 47, Policy DMD 48

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